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| Site last updated on
March 16, 2010 |
Housing conference: Registration is open for the 2010 Ohio Fair Housing Month Conference which will be held on April 30, 2010. LRS staff will present at the conference on community integration issues related to housing. Read more: Register for the 2010 Ohio Fair Housing Month Conference (March 16)
New standards for attorney guardians: Comments submitted by LRS on proposed standards governing attorney guardians considered in revised standards for Franklin County. Read more: LRS comments on proposed attorney guardian standards to be adopted in Franklin County (March 12)
DD Awareness Month: March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Ohio and this year's theme is "Just Like Me." Read more about Just Like Me - Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month 2010
Publication informs returning service members with disabilities of their rights (March 16)
Federal court rules that thimerosal-containing vaccines do not cause autism (March 15)
Office for Civil Rights will collect restraint and seclusion data (March 12)
People with disabilities are encouraged to complete the 2010 U.S. Census (March 12)
More latest disability-related news
People First of Ohio Annual Convention (March 19 - 21, Wilmington)
Charting Our Course: Toward a Balanced Long-Term Care System (March 23 - 24, Columbus)
The Case Against Banning the Word "Retard" (March 30, Columbus)
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